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The Miraculous Communion of Saint Catherine of Siena

The Miraculous Communion of Saint Catherine of Siena






Date : approx. between 1513 and 1515

Material : Oil painting on wood, Gold
J. Paul Getty Museum
Italian Paintings 1500-1600
North Pavilion
First Floor - Section N204
Item 16 on 20
European Painting
Painting

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Italy

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Depicted here is a mystical experience of Saint Catherine of Sienna (1347-1380). Beccafumi showed her confessor, Raymond of Capua, celebrating Mass and looking for a missing piece of the consecrated Host as an angel miraculously conveys it to the grateful saint, who had prayed to receive it. This panel, with the nearby "Saint Catherine of Sienna Receiving the Stigmata", originally may have formed part of an altarpiece.
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